to put someone into a difficult and dangerous situation (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
ouicanaquia
IPAspelling:
owihkɑːnɑkiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
ouicanaquia. nite. (pret. oniteouicanaqui.) meter o poner a otro endificultad y peligro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 78r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.